Bizarre Creature From China Had a Dinosaur Head on Bird's Body - a Missing Link From 120 Million Years Ago
A new fossil of a 'bizarre' creature shines fresh light on an evolutionary mystery with its T-rex-like skull attached to the body of a bird.
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Exquisitely Preserved Embryo Found Inside Fossilized Dinosaur Egg
A 72 to 66-million-year-old embryo found inside a fossilized dinosaur egg sheds new light on the link between bird and dinosaur behavior.
This 120-Million Year Old Bird/Dinosaur Hybrid Is Teaching Us How Birds Came to Be
A bizarre cross between a bird and a dinosaur had blue, brown and grey feathers, and a brain that could both smell well and see well.
South American Songbird Hailed as Most Expert Musician of the Animal Kingdom (LISTEN)
When it comes to keeping time, the small brown scaly-breasted wren is on a par with professional musicians, according to audio analysis.
Rare Snowy Owl Shows Up in California-First in 100 Years (WATCH)
Birders flocked to a house in the town of Cypress, Orange County, where once in a hundred year bird sighting was taking place.
Eagle Decides He Wants the Hawk For a Sibling, Rather than a Meal - WATCH
A GROWLS Nest Cam showed a mother eagle kidnapping a baby hawk for her own baby's lunch, but something extraordinary happens after.
Male or Female, Old or Young, New Survey Show Parrots Can All Speak at the Same Level
Parrots within species can all speak and mimic at about the same level, regardless of age or gender, and can even learn to speak in context.
The Galapagos Penguin, One of the World's Rarest, Sees a Glimmer of Hope
The Galapagos Islands are famous for their their giant tortoises, but they also host the world's most northerly-dwelling penguin.
You May See Rare Flamingo in the Wild as Far North as Pennsylvania, Following Hurricane Idalia
They are turning up along Mid-Atlantic states like North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and even Ohio, with 150 sightings already logged
Man Takes His Turkey Everywhere: Inseparable Companions Even In the Pub and Sleeping at Home (Watch)
Animal lover Dave Brooker goes everywhere with his beloved pet turkey that has followed him everywhere since she was born two years ago.
A Kind of Cretaceous Crane Enters Fossil Record as Long-Legged Wading Dinosaur Found in China
Scientists say the previously unknown species was a "high-speed runner" who lived in a "swamp-like" environment during the Jurassic Period.
Prehistoric Bird Once Thought to Be Extinct Returns to New Zealand Wild
For the Māori, the reintroduction is incredibly special. In the past Māori people gathered the feathers of the bird into cloaks.
City Sparrows Make Better Dads Than Their Country Cousins, Says New Research
Researchers have dubbed them city sparrows, as city life seems to make them better parents who visit their nest and feed their young more.
Ospreys Breed in Ireland for the First Time in More Than 200 Years
Visiting ospreys sometimes stop on the island to rest, but since the signing of the US Declaration of Independence, there have been no chicks
Australian Lyrebirds Give Singing Lessons to Juveniles-Mimicking 10 Different Species-LISTEN
The lyrebird is the best kind of ambassador-a real Pavarotti-that the conservation community can rally around.
To Halt Ibis Extinction Austrian Man Shows Birds a New Migration Route With His UltraLight-And it's Working
An Austrian ornithologist has pioneered an incredible way of wildlife rehabilitation by fostering chicks of an endangered species before re-instituting their migratory practice by leading them along their natural migration route with an ultralight aircraft. The method was developed to help reconnect the northern bald ibis, a bird that was extirpated in Europe 400 years […]
Woman Turns Her Apartment Into Hummingbird Hospital for Dozens of Battered Beauties-LOOK
In the last decade since recovering from colon cancer, an elderly woman in Mexico City has opened her doors to sick, injured, or orphaned hummingbirds.
Two Critically Endangered Baby Condors Born in National Park Are Healthy, 'Adorable Fluffballs'
After approaching the very edge of existence, it is a beautiful thing to be able to celebrate new condor chicks born in the wild
German Shepherd Becomes a Surrogate Dad to Abandoned Ducklings (WATCH)
A German Shepherd has taken a clutch of abandoned ducklings under his wing and become their 'very protective' surrogate dad.
Visitor Saves Hummingbird Trapped in Foyer of Historic Site By Cleverly Using a Ladder-While Shooting Video (LOOK)
A woman had just arrived at the historic Wickersham House in Alaska, and cleverly helped rescue a hummingbird trapped in the ceiling-WATCH.
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